Smoothing-iron



(No Model.)

J. H. TOOF. SMOOTHING IRON.

Patented Feb. 24, 1891..

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J Ol'lh II. TOOF, OF CONCORD, NEW" HAMPSHIRE.

SMOOTHING-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.-447,049, dated February 24, 1891.

Application filed Fehrnaryti, 1890. Serial No. 339,245. (No modelt To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. TOOF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Concord, in the county of Merrimac and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoothing-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to large irons which are too weighty to be lifted by an operator, the object being to provide means whereby such an iron may be easily manipulated by the operator and elevated when required for removal of the work.

' The invention will be fully set forth in the following specification and claim, and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming an inseparable part thereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved iron with its attachments, Fig. 2 being an elevation of my improved iron as seen when supported upon an arm projecting from the wall. Fig. 3 represents a sectional plan view, and Fig. i a general plan, of the iron, showing upon its top suitable seats upon which to place hand-irons to be kept hot.

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The iron A is made hollow and preferably in the form of an ordinary hand-iron, but very much larger. formed in its sides, and its back B, which is also perforated, carries a gas-burner consist ing of the tubes 0, which are provided with perforations c at intervals along their bottom, and to which ordinary coal-gas and air are introduced in any desired quantities by means of the pipes D and the air and gaspipes E F, respectively, connected therewith, and these latter may be provided with ordinary stopcocks e f for controlling the flow of air or gas.

One of these irons of proper size for ordinary use will weigh from forty to fifty-five pounds, more or less; but it is readily moved over the work to be pressed by means of a Suitable openings at are suitable handle-piece G, which is preferably formed of hollow iron and supported by arms H, properly fastened down upon the top of the iron.

WVhen it is desired to raise the iron from the work, it is readily elevated an inch, more or less, and suspended upon an arm T, which is rigidly supported upon the Wall or any other convenient place. The outer end t of said arm is bent so as to incline downward low enough to enter the wire loops I, projecting upward from and rigidly secured to the top of the said iron, and but a slight push is required upon the handle G (when the arm T is in line with the loops 1) to raise the iron from the work by means of the inclined end of said arm and the loops 1.

Flat-irons of ordinary size are always convenient for use in connection with larger irons, and one or more of these may becarried upon the top of the iron A and kept hot by pro viding openings A, as seen in Fig. 4:, through which a flame of gas may be brought to bear upon an iron, and several ears or projections a may be adapted to support such an iron within the opening A, where it will be quite handy for use.

Having described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination, withan arm extending horizontally and rigidly attached to a wall or fixed support, the outer end of said arm curving slightly downward, as shown, of a smoothing-iron, a suitable handle-bar located at a point near and above the pointed end of said iron, and metallic loops adapted to engage said horizontal supporting-arm, substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- JOHN H. TOOF.

\Vitnesses: J. B. THURSTON, NATHANIEL E. MARTIN. 

